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David Schweikert: I mean we have a, you know, government that is being consumed by mandatory spending, you know, our entitlement state.…

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I mean we have a, you know, government that is being consumed by mandatory spending, you know, our entitlement state. You know, it is just--it is math. It is not political. It is the reality of where we are at.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert discusses the impact of mandatory spending on government priorities.

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